Spain to introduce new tobacco laws - but there remains debate as to whether plain packaging will be included.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/09/spanish-government-moves-ban-smoking-bar-terraces

'However, the draft legislation does not include a proposal for generic, plain packaging for cigarettes – an idea that was eventually dropped after reported disagreements within the socialist-led coalition government – nor for price hikes in a country where a pack of 20 cigarettes costs less than €6 (£5.20).

Although the health ministry is hoping to amend the bill to include plain packaging as it progresses through parliament, anti-tobacco campaigners have criticised its absence from the proposed law.' #Spain #tobacco #plainpacks

Authorities say they have dismantled a large-scale illicit tobacco syndicate operating in south-east Queensland, seizing nearly 3 million illegal cigarettes. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-10/border-force-illegal-cigarette-raids-queensland-730/102711896 via @ABCaustralia 'The Border Force has new powers to seize empty cigarette boxes that are illegally using Cancer Council's Quitline trademark.

The Quitline number is a mandatory requirement on plain packet tobacco products in Australia. Last month, Cancer Council Victoria lodged a Notice of Objection that allows the ABF to seize imported goods that infringe copyright or trademarks, including plain packaged cigarette boxes.'

#tobacco #crime #plainpacks #trademark #bordermeasures #quitline #auslaw #auspol #Queensland

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Dr Matthew Rimmer is a Professor in Intellectual Property and Innovation Law at the Faculty of Business and Law, at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). He has published widely on copyright law and information technology, patent law and biotechnology, access to medicines, plain packaging of tobacco products, intellectual property and climate change, Indigenous Intellectual Property, and intellectual property and trade. He is undertaking research on intellectual property and 3D printing; the regulation of robotics and artificial intelligence; and intellectual property and public health (particularly looking at the coronavirus COVID-19). His work is archived at QUT ePrints, SSRN Abstracts, Bepress Selected Works, and Open Science Framework.

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In Canada, smokers will soon see their cigarette packs stripped of logos and distinctive designs as federal rules make drab brown the default colour for tobacco brands next week. http://torstar.co/Hf0750wWN7K #plainpacks #cdnpoli

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